The Dáil summer recess has arrived and our political experts Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn have convened to look back on the political season:

• The relative political fortunes of Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar.

• Do polls suggest Sinn Féin has hit a ceiling of support?

• Did the Government get a handle on the migrant accommodation crisis? Or can it claim real progress on broader issue of a lack of housing?

• How has the huge budget surplus perturbed politics?

Plus, Jennifer reveals what the Leinster House gossip is saying about the timing of the next election.